Sustainability Goals

Reducing Our Footprint

Climate Strategy, Energy & Emissions

Water

2025 Goal: Reduce Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) discharged in kilograms by 10 percent per metric ton of production from Riverville and Massillon mills using a 2014 baseline by the end of fiscal year 2025.

Waste

2025 Goal: Divert 90 percent of waste from landfills from all Greif production facilities globally by the end of fiscal year 2025.

Supply Chain Management

2025 Goal: Using a fiscal year 2017 baseline, reduce raw materials/logistical costs used to produce current product offering by one percent by the end of fiscal year 2025.

2025 Goal: Move from non-green (oil-based, more energy intensive) to green material sourcing if it is economically feasible and doing so provides high quality products to our customers by the end of fiscal year 2025.

Addressing Risk

Ethics & Compliance

2025 Goal: Provide online training of the Greif Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to 100 percent of employees with access to computers by the end of fiscal year 2025.

2025 Goal: Provide training and information on the Greif Anti-bribery Policy to 100 percent of employees for whom training is relevant by the end of fiscal year 2025.

2025 Goal: Provide online training of the Fair Treatment of Employees Policy to 100 percent of employees with access to computers and provide accessible and traceable information to all employees by the end of fiscal year 2025.

Valuing Our People

Talent Attraction, Development, & Retention

2025 Goal: 100 percent of permanent employees will participate in regular performance development discussions by the end of fiscal year 2025.

2025 Goal: Using fiscal year 2017 baseline, increase average hours of annual training per employee by 50 percent by the end of fiscal year 2025.

2025 Goal: 100 percent of employees will be covered by parental leave by the end of fiscal year 2025.